Egypt -
Early Dynastic Period
About 3200 BC. Menes (Mena) conquered the northern
delta and united Upper- and Lower-Egypt. The Lower Egypts red crown
and the Upper Egypts white crown was also united into one crown.
Pharaoh Menes was the first pharaoh in Egypt, and the founder of the
1. dynasty.
Pharaoh Menes is also the founder of the first capital in Egypt -
Memphis (Menefer). Memphis is placed exactly on the border between
Upper- and Lower-Egypt. According to Manetho this happened in 3200
BC. Some historians mean that Menes is identical with
Narmer because he portrayed himself of the ruler of Upper and
Lower-Egypt on the famous Narmer-palette.
